Nishinomiya City event information for 2025 is listed here in date order.
We’ll keep updating it as needed☆
Events shown in blue are ones that Nishitsu has covered in an article.
(We also cover major noteworthy events in nearby cities)
Long-running events that have ended
January
January 1 (Wed)
New Year’s Sake Offering Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens MUJI
January 4 (Sat)
Koshien History Museum × Koshien Plus New Year Event
January 5 (Sun)
Koshien History Museum × Koshien Plus New Year Event
Ebisu Mai Puppet Performance Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
January 7 (Tue)
Nanakusa-gayu Rice Porridge Giveaway Event Hanshin Nishinomiya
January 10 (Fri)
Opening Gate Ceremony and Lucky Man Race
110 Emergency Call Day Campaign LaLaport Koshien
January 12 (Sun)
Corowa Music Garden Corowa Koshien
Nishinomiya Yamaguchi Jurassic Race 2025 Yamaguchi Hall
Reiwa 7 Nishinomiya City Fire Department New Year Ceremony Hanshin South Wide-Area Disaster Prevention Base
Katsura Bunza’s Rat Yose RAT★RACE
January 13 (Mon, holiday)
Exciting Shopping Mission Amity Baycom Hall
Self-Photo Event Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
Coming-of-Age Gathering Event LaLaport Koshien
New Year Mochi-Pounding Festival Ueda Park
The Lion Dance Is Coming ACTA Nishinomiya
Takasu Nishi Elementary School District Disaster Drill: Let’s Go to a Disaster Drill! Takasu Nishi Elementary School
January 17 (Fri)
30 Years Since the Earthquake: Panel Exhibition of Nishinomiya at the Time and Emergency Supply Display Nishinomiya Civic Mutual Aid Hall
January 18 (Sat)
Yoshimoto Comedy Live in Nishinomiya 2025 Amity Baycom Hall
New Retro SAKE Festival 2025 EBISTA Nishinomiya
Try New Year Calligraphy with Squid Ink Shellfish Museum
Midwinter Clam Digging LaLaport Koshien
30 Years Since the Earthquake: Panel Exhibition of Nishinomiya at the Time and Emergency Supply Display Nishinomiya Civic Mutual Aid Hall
January 19 (Sun)
Try New Year Calligraphy with Squid Ink Shellfish Museum
Midwinter Clam Digging LaLaport Koshien
Komatsu Board Game Party Coop Nishinomiya Higashi
January 22 (Wed)
Cheerful Parent-Child Cafe “Setsubun! Defeat the Demons” LaLaport Koshien
January 25 (Sat)
Nada Gogo Brewery Opening 2025 Hanshin Koshien Station West Exit Plaza
January 26 (Sun)
Shofukutei Daichi’s Rat Yose RAT★RACE
YELL! Make It! Play! Bring in Good Fortune Mercado Mukogawa M Stage
February
February 1 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Kurabiraki 2025 Osawa Honke Sake Brewery Takaramausume
History and Cultural Heritage Forum: Modern Architecture from the Perspective of Cultural Tourism Flyer 2 Kobe College (registration required → by January 20, 2025)
January 18 (Sat)–February 2 (Sun)
22nd National Large Pottery Fair Nishinomiya Shrine Special Venue
February 2 (Sun)
Setsubun Festival Hirota Shrine
Setsubun Lucky Bean Gachapon & Demon Crying Frente Nishinomiya
Setsubun Festival Nishinomiya Shrine (grounds)
Setsubun Festival Naruo Hachiman Shrine
February 5 (Wed)
11th Fun Study Session on Health and Beautiful Skin Shukugawa Community Center
February 6 (Thu)
KidZania for Adults KidZania Koshien
February 8 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Kurabiraki 2025 Tatsuuma-Honke Brewing
GARDENS Calligraphy Festival Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
Joint Company Information Session for Graduates / Excellent Companies Mukogawa Women’s University Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Campus
February 9 (Sun)
Corowa Music Garden Corowa Koshien
Let’s Enjoy Double Dutch Takamatsu Park
February 11 (Tue, holiday)
Yoshimoto Comedy Live Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
Foundation Day and Hatsu-ushi Festival Fukuo Shrine
Make an Original Deco Keychain! Frente Nishinomiya
February 7 (Fri)–February 16 (Sun)
Japan Women’s Futsal League Championship Celebration Event Miyakko Ramen Main Store / Nishinomiya Naka-Maeda Store
February 15 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Kurabiraki 2025 Mandai Osawa Brewery Tokuwaka
Shizuka Kudo PREMIUM SYMPHONIC CONCERT 2025 Hyogo Performing Arts Center
Katsura Bunza’s Rat Yose RAT★RACE
7th Mukogawa Women’s University Smile Fest LaLaport Koshien
February 16 (Sun)
Workshop & Family Concert Shellfish Museum
Shogakukan Preschool Class Dora Kids × IFME × Hapista Collaboration Trial Event Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
7th Mukogawa Women’s University Smile Fest LaLaport Koshien
February 22 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Kurabiraki 2025 Nihonsakari Sakagura-dori Rengakan
Amami Products Fair Honwaka Shopping Street
February 23 (Sun)
Amami Products Fair Honwaka Shopping Street
February 24 (Mon, holiday)
It’s M-Stage! Everybody Gather Mercado Mukogawa
February 27 (Thu)
Tsukurubu Marche Handmade Market GR Garage Nishinomiya
March
March 1 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Kurabiraki 2025 Ozeki Kotobuki Product Warehouse
34th Naruo Yose Naruo Cultural Hall
Nishinomiya Exchange Festival: Smile Through Sports Nishinomiya City Central Gymnasium / Nishinomiya Sports Center
Amagasaki and Nishinomiya Citizens Support Day Vissel Kobe
JRA Hanshin Racecourse Renewal Event “Naruhodo! PARK” Is Coming to Gardens! Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
March 2 (Sun)
Play with the Boy Scouts! Exciting Nature Experience Play Program Rokutanji Park
Naruhodo! PARK Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
JRA Hanshin Racecourse Renewal Event “Naruhodo! PARK” Is Coming to Gardens! Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
March 4 (Tue)
KidZania for Adults KidZania Koshien
March 7 (Fri)–March 21 (Fri)
“Miyakko” Naruo Exhibition Nishinomiya City Naruo Library
March 8 (Sat)
Hyogo Mitsubishi Motors Hill-Climb Kit Test-Ride Event LaLaport Koshien G Parking Lot
